CHIEF WRITER THE systemic targeting of Zimbabwean and other African migrants by vigilante groups in neighbouring South Africa should be viewed as a passing phase, a top Zanu PF official has said. Speaking after visiting a returnees’ facility in Beitbridge at the weekend, the national political commissar of the ruling party, Munyaradzi Machacha, also alleged…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE interim secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Sengezo Tshabangu, is fighting eviction from an upmarket Bulawayo property. While Tshabangu is asserting that he paid the full purchase price for the house two years ago, the seller of the house is alleging a breach of contract. The…
Tapiwa Chirume A MINING firm, Cuprum Copper Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, has applied to exhume and rebury 35 human remains in Gokwe North as it moves to expand copper mining operations and construct a processing plant. The proposed exhumation, to be conducted in terms of Section 38 of the Cemeteries Act, involves 35 identified graves within…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FOLLOWING the arrest of a Hwange man who allegedly recruited five Zimbabweans to fight as mercenaries in Russia, another man appeared in court on Friday on allegations of recruiting nine Zimbabweans for the same cause. Taona Moses Nyamhute appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing allegations of human trafficking,…
BULAWAYO authorities say Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3 (CAA3), which extends the tenure of councillors, will provide the continuity needed to implement long-term infrastructure and economic development projects already underway in the city. Ward 26 councillor and chairperson of Bulawayo City Council’s Finance and Development Committee, Mpumelelo Moyo, yesterday said the city had made significant…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA& BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top officials remain firmly focused on driving economic growth and further improving the lives of all Zimbabweans, rather than being distracted by political theatrics.So says presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, who further underlines that there is no rift between Mnangagwa and his vice presidents following the recent…
Brighton Muronzerei THE United Kingdom police have commended Zimbabwean and South African authorities for cooperating to arrest an international triple-murder suspect.Ndodana Tshuma was arrested in South Africa on Friday, paving the way for his extradition to face trial in Britain.Tshuma, also known as Mark, was nabbed in connection with the deaths of his wife Zandile…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ARTISINAL miners have been left out of Zimbabwe’s proposed mining law, sparking warnings from the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela).The omission from the proposed Mines and Minerals Bill, according to Zela, would fuel informality, unsafe mining and illicit mineral trading, the watchdog has warned. This comes after the Mines and Minerals Bill was…
TAPIWA CHIRUME TWENTY Zimbabwean students have been officially sent off to pursue higher education under the Indian Scholarship Programme.The students will study in specialised fields identified as being in high demand locally, with the government expressing confidence that they would be readily absorbed into the labour market upon their return.Speaking at the send-off ceremony in…
TAPIWA CHIRUME THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has committed ZiG10 million to the inaugural Schools Monetary Policy Challenge to boost financial literacy in the country.Speaking at the official launch of the national competition in Harare on Friday night, RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the initiative was a long-term investment in developing an economically informed…
